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We are pleased to announce that [name of company/organization] has
chosen Google Apps for its new email and calendar platform. You have recently received your new Google Apps account and can log in and begin using Gmail, Google Calendar, and the other apps, right away.

What is Google Apps?

Google Apps is a suite of web-based messaging and collaboration
applications that Google hosts on their own servers. Google provides
these applications as a "service," rather than as software to download
and install. To access these applications, you simply use a web browser
on a computer that's connected to the Internet.

Why did you choose Google Apps?

Based on recent [company/organizational]growth and cost trends, we looked for an email and calendar solution that could provide with us the following benefits: <<edit list>>

Access to services from anywhere, anytime -- A key benefit of
the Google-hosted solution is that we can access email, contacts, and
calendar from any computer or mobile device with an Internet
connection, anywhere in the world

More collaboration features -- With Google's next-generation applications, we can collaborate with colleagues, customers, and partners more easily and efficiently than ever before

Instant messaging -- Because Google Apps includes Google Talk, we can now implement an instant messaging system for our [company/organization]

What exactly does Google Apps include?

Your new Google Apps account will include the following services: <<edit table, depending on services enabled>>

Lots of storage -- You get a full 25 GB of online storage for your email (much more than the [XX MB]
you have now), so you can archive all of your email online. You'll no
longer need to worry about deleting messages or saving them in offline
folders.

Enhanced message organization and retrieval -- With Google Mail,
you'll spend less time managing folders and searching for messages. For
example, you can add one or more tags, or "labels," to your messages to
organize and store them more efficiently. And with the Google-powered
search feature, you can find any message quickly and easily, whether
it's in your Inbox or stored in your message archive.

Easier calendar sharing -- Google Calendar lets you and your
team members quickly and easily share your calendars with each other
and specify the details you want to show. Calendar sharing is a great
way for you and your coworkers to keep each other informed about your
schedules. Now it's easier than ever to find out if someone is in a
meeting, on a business trip, or on vacation.

Integrated chat -- With the Google Talk instant messaging
application, you can communicate instantly with your coworkers right
from the Email interface. In addition, all your chats are automatically
saved in your Email application, so you can always retrieve important
information.

Real-time collaboration -- Using Google Docs, you can create
documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and you and your team
members can view and edit them at the same time. You can still use your
[Microsoft Office/other] products as needed, but now you'll have more options for storing and collaborating on your documents.

Easy-to-build team web sites -- With Google Sites, your team has
the ability to quickly publish a robust internal web site on which to
gather all sorts of shared information, such as documents,
spreadsheets, presentations, files, and videos. You can even embed
Google calendars and other gadgets on your site!

Powerful video sharing -- Using Google Video for business, you can easily share videos with your team or throughout the [company/organization] for a whole new level of communication and collaboration.